Cerebral folate transporter deficiency: a potentially treatable neurometabolic disorder.

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Cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) syndrome is a rare treatable neurometabolic disorder with low levels of the active form of folaten in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) arising from different causes such as FOLR1 gene mutations or autoantibodies against the folate receptor-alpha (FR) protein that can block folate transport across the choroid plexus. It is characterized by late infantile onset refractory seizures, ataxia,...

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